makeobs_inertial(1) --- Imcat Users Guide --- section: imcattools_orbits --- last changed: Sun Apr 13 HST
makeobs_inertial - make a set of observations for an inertial observatorySYNOPSIS
makeobs_inertial dt sigmaDESCRIPTION
makeobs_inertial reads an lc format catalog from stdin containing at least re[3], ve[3], ra[3], va[3], these being the position and velocity of the earth and the asteroid at t=0. It then generates a catalog containing direction of the asteroid at times t = -dt, 0, +dt and those times. The catalog also contains, the position of the earth re[] and the observatory rho[] wrt the earth at those times.
Times are given in units of earths dynamical time (approx 58 days). Distances are in AU. SEE ALSOmaketestpscoordspl(1), laplace3(1).
AUTHOR
Nick Kaiser --- kaiser@hawaii.edu